Metalworking

A SunEdison solar project - image courtesy of SunEdison and PRNewsWire.

China wants to build a global power grid (GEI) worth $50tr

The announcement from GE Renewable Energy comes just a few days after the 15 offshore wind turbine blades, which were built in Denmark by GE’s subcontractor, LM Wind Power, arrived at Deepwater Wind and GE’s assembly facility at Providence Port - image courtesy of Deepwater Wind.

GE Renewable Energy to ship first offshore wind turbine housings to the US

Broadwind Energy will be busy producing wind turbine towers for wind farms over the next three years - image courtesy of Broadwind Energy

Broadwind Energy signs $137m contract to supply wind turbine towers

The toughest, smartest, most capable and safest F-150 ever is also the greenest according to Ford - image courtesy of Ford

Ford recycling creates 30,000 F-150 bodies worth of aluminium every month

In January 2016, Lufthansa took delivery of the first A320neo - image courtesy of Airbus

Triumph Group receives $500m Airbus landing gear contract

A Cummins Turbo Technology eM2 Two-Stage turbo.

Cummins and Olayan announce Middle East joint venture

A steel refinery in Shanghai, China. Image courtesy of Flickr - Erik Charlton.

China’s Five Year Plan sees manufacturing shake-up

BAE Systems has developed an upgraded version of the Terrier tank which will be used by the British army - image courtesy of BAE Systems.

The BAE Systems Terrier tank is the ‘Swiss Army Knife’ of combat vehicles

Gian Paolo on the main stage at SOLIDWORKS World 2016 in Dallas, Texas.

SOLIDWORKS World 2016: Taking it all in

Child labour at an artisanal mine in the DRC. Image courtesy of Flickr - Julien Harneis.

Amnesty claims batteries contain cobalt mined by child labour

A Boeing 787 takes to the skies as commercial aircraft sales skyrocketed during FIA 2012.

TransDigm acquires fellow aircraft component maker Breeze-Eastern